RAILROAD OPERATING INFORMATION

CSX TRANSPORTATION

Willard Subdivision

FORMERLY Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
(B&O Chicago East Subdivision)
CONSTRUCTED 1874 by Baltimore Pittsburgh & Chicago Railway
DOUBLE TRACK completed before 1903 (Hamler-Willard)/before 1913 (Garrett-Hamler)
ABS installed 1916-1926
CTC installed 1963-1966 (Garrett-Sherwood)/segments of second track eliminated
CTC installed mid 1980's (Sherwood-Hamler)/segments of second track eliminated
DOUBLE TRACK restored late 1990's (Garrett-Hamler)
CTC installed late 1990's (Hamler-Willard)
LAST PASSENGER TRAIN: Capitol Limited/1971

Amtrak trains used portions of this route on and off between 1990 and 2005. Some second track on this line was eliminated with the installation of CTC. But all second track was restored prior to the CSX acquisition of some Conrail lines, to accommodate for a traffic increase on this line.

Radio Frequency - 160.230 (AAR Channel 08)
Dispatcher (Auburn-Deshler) - 161.370 (AAR Channel 84)
Dispatcher (Deshler-Willard) - 161.520 (AAR Channel 94)

Stations/Milepost Locations

Direction is eastward from Garrett to Willard
Distance is from Willard, Ohio

128.0 Garrett
126.1 East Garrett
125.0 Auburn
121.0 Concord
116.6 St. Joe (NS crossing)
113.8 Indo
107.9 Hicksville
105.3 Rosedale
101.2 Mark Centre
97.3 Sherwood
87.9 FC Tower (MAW crossing)
85.2 West Defiance
84.5 Defiance Yard
83.5 East Defiance
82.2 West Stanley
79.9 Standley
74.5 Holgate
69.4 Hamler (I&O crossing)
67.3 East Hamler
62.7 West Deshler
62.6 Deshler (CSX crossing)
62.2 East Deshler
56.1 Hoytville
51.8 Liberty
50.9 North Baltimore
49.0 Galatea (NS crossing)
44.1 Bloomdale
39.2 Godsend
36.8 Fostoria
36.4 F Tower
34.9 East Fostoria
30.0 Bascom
25.6 Kellar
24.6 Tiffin
15.5 Republic
8.1 Attica Junction
4.2 Daniels Rd.
3.0 J Tower
0.2 RX
0.0 Willard

2 tracks, CTC in use. Between Auburn and Deshler controlled by CSX "RM" Dispatcher in Calumet City, between Deshler and Willard controlled by CSX "IP" Dispatcher in Indianapolis.


TRACK DIAGRAM (INDIANA)


INTERLOCKING TOWERS (INDIANA)

Past and present towers and interlockings.